http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/rss.php Quoi de neuf? en-us 2012-05-18T02:35:32+01:00 CAIR Quoi de neuf? http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=0#item_0 There's only one week left to enter our blogging contest. Tell us what the key is to successfully managing worklife balance as a residentCAIR knows that residency isn't always easy, but we want to hear from you, our members, about ways you've learned to manage worklife balance. Just submit your blog post of 500 words or less to contests@cair.ca by May 18, 2012, and you could win!First Prize: up to $1000 towards travel/accommodation for a medical conference of your choice. Second Prize: $250 Gift Card from Amazon.caThird Prize: $100 Starbucks Gift CardThe winning posts will be featured on www.cair.ca in our Learning from the Masters Series.Rules:1.The contest will run from 0001hrs Sunday April 1 2012 to 2359hrs Friday May 18, 2012. All times are in Eastern Daylight Savings Time.2.Entries must be in English and may contain up to 500 words. Only one entry per person will be eligible. Entries may be in the text of an email or in Word format, and must be submitted to contests@cair.ca3.Entries will be judged by CAIR's Member Outreach Committee on their quality, creativity, originality, and overall impact.4.Entrants must be members of CAIR to be eligible to win prizes. CAIR Employees, Board Members, Committee Members, and the relatives of the aforementioned are not eligible to win any CAIR contests.5.Entries containing any obscene or indecent remarks will not be eligible. They must not contain defamatory statements or include threats to any person, place, business, or group. 6.Entries must not invade privacy rights or any other rights of any person, business, or group, and must not name or depict any third party without his/her permission.7.Entries must not depict or encourage any dangerous, life-threatening, or otherwise risky behavior.8.Winners must provide CAIR with their phone number, mailing address, email address, year, university, and specialty. Prizes will not be shipped to the winners until their status as a member of CAIR is confirmed by the CAIR Office.9.Winners must agree to have their name and/or image released upon winning a prize and must agree to have their entries posted in CAIR publications and the CAIR website and Facebook page as per the CAIR Prize Policy.10.The winner of the Conference travel prize must also provide a 500-word summary article of content presented at the conference they attended, how it can apply to their training/and or future practice, and agree to have this posted in CAIR publications and news release and PHO update as per the CAIR Prize Policy. The prize (conference trip cost reimbursement) will not be awarded until this summary article is received. ♦ http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=0#item_0 http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=1#item_1 One week left to apply for CAIR volunteer positions for 2012-2013.Join us and help to shape the environment we work and train in!Positions as Committee Members, Liaison Representatives, or Resident Surveyors are all available.Click here for more information about these positions.Applications must include a copy of your CV and a completed 2012-2013 CAIR Volunteer Form, which can be downloaded by clicking here.The deadline for applications is May 22, 2012. http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=1#item_1 http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=2#item_2 This is a call for abstracts for the fourth annual Primary Healthcare Partnership Forum (PriFor). The forum is meant to attract all professionals working across the spectrum of primary healthcare including nurses, physicians, pharmacists, sociologists, social workers, psychologists, community and public health experts, epidemiologists, dieticians, educators, kinesiologists, administrators, policy makers at any level, as well as individuals from any other discipline whose work and research might relate to primary healthcare.We welcome submissions from researchers, practitioners, administrators, and decision makers. Please adhere to the following guidelines if you would like to submit an abstract:Abstract Submission CategoriesWe are accepting abstracts for the following submission categories:Posters (Research in Progress)For abstracts submitted in this category, the research to be presented must be in progress at the time of the Call for Abstracts submission deadline. If your research is in progress at the time of the submission deadline but you anticipate that it will be complete by the time of the meeting, you should still submit your abstract as a poster on research in progress. Poster presentations will be given standalone time and presenters are asked to attend their posters during designated periods. There will be a poster board space of 4'×6' for each presenter.Posters (Completed Research)For abstracts submitted in this category, the research to be presented must be complete at the time of the Call for Abstracts submission deadline. Poster presentations will be given standalone time and presenters are asked to attend their posters during designated periods. There will be a poster board space of 4'×6' for each presenter.Oral Presentations (Research)For abstracts submitted in this category, the research to be presented must be complete at the time of the Call for Abstracts submission deadline. Oral presentations will be presented in concurrent sessions. Oral presentations will be 15 minutes in length with 5 minutes for questions (for a total of 20 minutes).Oral Presentations (Program/Policy Description)Abstracts submitted in this category will be presented orally during concurrent sessions. They should describe programs or policies relevant to primary healthcare. These can include descriptions of programs or policies that are currently in effect or those in planning phases. These presentations will be 15 minutes in length with 5 minutes for questions (for a total of 20 minutes).WorkshopsWorkshops are 90-minute sessions scheduled concurrently with other oral sessions. They should be sessions intended to teach a research oriented skill or provide a forum for discussion about a research related topic. Skills workshops or discussion workshops can be about research methods or types of research in general (quantitative, qualitative, participatory, program evaluation, statistical analysis techniques, grant writing, article writing, etc.), and must involve planned audience participation.For further details, click here.The deadline for abstract submissions is June 1, 2012.♦ http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=2#item_2 http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=3#item_3 CAIR is pleased to unveil the Spring 2012 edition of CAIR Update, now available for download at: http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=3#item_3 http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=4#item_4 Residents' perspective on the future of postgraduate medical education in Canada is the subject of a piece by Dr. Adam Kaufman, CAIR President, in the AFMC's Spring 2012 edition of Gravitas.In this piece, Dr. Kaufman highlights a few recommendations emerging from the Future of Medical Education in Canada (Post-graduate) Project which CAIR feels "will have a postive impact on our learning environment".You can download the whole issue here. Dr. Kaufman's piece appears on page 7.♦ http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=4#item_4 http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=5#item_5 CAIR's new resident duty hours position paper is now available.The Canadian Association of Internes and Residents (CAIR) today released a position paper, Canadian Patient and Physician Safety and Wellbeing: Resident Duty Hours, that urges all provinces and regions in Canada to manage resident duty hours in a manner that ensures patient and resident safety and the best learning experience for residents.CAIR recognizes the need to work towards a system that limits residents' continuous uninterrupted duty hours and allows for adequate time in between shifts to eliminate the effects of sleep deprivation. "We understand regional complexities and the difficulties of a "one size fits all" solution but we have more and more evidence that excessive duty hours can endanger public and physician safety," said Dr. Adam Kaufman, CAIR President."There needs to be a national dialogue that looks at best practices for better management of resident duty hours that will enhance residents' ability to provide safe, high quality patient care, while protecting their own personal health and safety."CAIR also recommends that the resident duty hours model must not impair residents' ability to learn and teach others. The ability to appropriately transfer care when going off duty is also critical to patient safety.The CAIR position paper cites various studies, including a 2009 study conducted by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) that concluded "...there is extensive research that shows that fatigue is an unsafe condition that contributes to reduced wellbeing for residents and increased errors and accidents." The IOM report also states that the evidence supports the conclusion that continuous uninterrupted work beyond 16 hours compromises performance.Recommendations:1. Resident physicians' duty hours must be managed such that they do not in any way endanger their health or the health of patients. In particular, limits are required on the number of continuous uninterrupted hours that residents are on duty. In keeping with current evidence, CAIR urges that all provinces and regions in Canada work towards a system that limits continuous uninterrupted duty hours to 16 hours or less at a time. Additionally, the scheduling of duty hours must allow for adequate time in-between work periods to eliminate the effects of sleep deprivation. This limitation will enhance residents' ability to provide safe, high quality patient care, while protecting their own personal health and safety.2. Resident duty hours must be such as to allow for an optimal educational experience. Specifically, trainees' duty hours must not impair their ability to learn or to train others.3. Residents must be formally trained in handover skills, the ability to transfer care appropriately when going off duty.4. Resident duty hours should be flexible enough to accommodate the specific context of the resident's role and the service needs on particular rotations.5. The management of duty hours should parallel a change in the culture of medicine that addresses the effects and consequences of uninterrupted consecutive duty hours for the medical profession as a whole, including staff physicians and non-resident learners.6. Where a violation of Federal or Provincial ethical, legislative, or legal standards has occurred, including but not limited to those related to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, CAIR calls upon all stakeholders to address and remedy the situation as swiftly as possible.Click here to download a complete PDF copy of Canadian Patient and Physician Safety and Wellbeing: Resident Duty Hours.Click here to download a PDF version of this press release.For more information contact: Rita Mezzanotte, Communications Consultant for CAIR at (416) 271-0667.♦ http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=5#item_5 http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=6#item_6 A FUNDED position is available for a medical graduate with an interest in Huntington's disease research at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Candidate should have MRCPC training or equivalent postgraduate qualification in an accredited neurology residency program. Ideal training for a career in academic neurology, the fellowship will involve a major clinical research study and include training in clinical neurogenetics. The post is available April 1st 2012. Expected SALARY RANGE: up to $90,000 per annum.  For more information see:http://cmmt.ubc.ca/getinvolved/careers/postings/2011/10/clinical-research-fellowEmail your curriculum vitae (with 3 references) to bleavitt@cmmt.ubc.ca♦ http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=6#item_6 http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=7#item_7 The College of Family Physicians of Canada welcomes you to access the Triple C Toolkit now on its website!http://www.cfpc.ca/Triple_C/http://www.cfpc.ca/TripleCToolkit/The Triple C Toolkit gives you access to the tools you'll need to better understand or explain the CFPC's Triple C Competency-based Curriculum, as a whole or in its components, including the process of competency-based assessment.  These tools are designed for primarily program directors, and educational leaders, to be used with clinical teachers, residents, learners and external collaborators. (cut and paste)You will find:♦ Reports♦ Nine Triple C related presentations, some with complementary notes for the facilitator♦ Promotion materials such as "On the Triple C" video, CanMEDS-FM tree for posters, etc.♦ Supplementary documents such as the In-training Assessment grid, CanMEDS-FM and Skills Dimensions memory joggers, etc.♦ FAQs, Glossary of Terms, French-English Lexicon, etc.♦ Published articles related to Triple C Please share the toolkit with your colleagues.  ♦ http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=7#item_7 http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=8#item_8 Did you receive your copy of the CMA's 2012 New in Practice Guide? If not, you can access the digital edition from the CMA's Transitioning into Practice Guide. Just click here: cma.ca/newinpractice.♦ http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=8#item_8 http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=9#item_9 The final report for FMEC-PG is now available!Released in March 2012, this report outlines the results of the Health Canada-funded Future of Medical Education in Canada Postgraduate (FMEC PG) project. The project set out to conduct a thorough review of postgraduate medical education in Canada and establish whether the structure and processes of the current system are designed for the best possible outcomes to meet current and future societal needs. The 10 recommendations in this collective vision aim to prepare the Canadian postgraduate medical education system for the century ahead.Click here to access the final report and to view a video which features CAIR's President, Dr. Adam Kaufman.♦ http://www.cair.ca/en/news/releases/?i=9#item_9